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NenyY DRmnrea Claiinsl.

; sr. LOUIS, Jan. 6.-John NJ. Woodward
to-day fled suit against the Missouri Pa.
cifc Railroad Company for 100000.
Mr.. Woodward alleges that the above
company made contract with him by
the terms Of which he was. for tho sum Of
Sl5. 900. to prove that the St. Louis 4 San
Francisco Railway Company had forfeited
all charter rights to construct and operate
a railroad between Pacific, Mo-, and st.
Louis, and that it had no right OF way be.
tween these two cities. This contract also
stated that he should form company 10
construc. q railroad over the survey of the
San Francisco road between these points
to be operated in connection with the
Missouri Pacific, the latter road to hold SIS
percent snd he IS percent Of the capital
stock OF the new road. & ss.5i M
Mr., Woodward alleges that R. s. Hayes,
First Vice President OF the Missouri Pa.
ciac, signed the written contract but
failed to perform bis part thereof. By
such failure Mr.. Woodward alleges that
he has suffered damages to tho extent Of
ST 0(1() GOO = Is ilEy .f.r.1sfI SAFE .ge.sss Z
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LEGISLATIVE DAY..
SOME TROUBLE IN INDIANA
Over tho Organization of tho scnnto-I,e
pubiicnns sllencei-"obJector' IIol. :
man ON tho Ground SIensurlng his
Shoes for tho u. s. senntotshIp.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Jan. G.-The two
houses Of the Legislature met an organ.
led this morning at ten o'clock. Tho In.
terest cen.ered In the Senate whore there
was large crowd. Green Smith ap.
peared and took the chair with Auditor
OF State Rics acting as clerk.
The Republicans sndeavored to protest,
but they wero no. permitted to bo heard,
and without the Republicans voting at
all, but being counted as present, the
Democratic caucus nominees were elected
and o set Of prepared rules adopted that
gave the majority all tho power. In the
House the Republican nominee was
elected, Hon. ". G. sayre, Speaker, but
beyond the formal organization no bust.
ness was tIanpacted. D ''l7sla- tIs" 81
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Died With His Boots On.

HAaERsrowN, Nd, Jan. 6-The pro.
phecy made year ago by e1.convict
James ii. Pickett that he would die with
his boots on, was verified yeaterday after.
noon, when Thomas Brown, a carpenter
OF this city, planted five bullets In Pic.
ket:'s body. The two mon wero in Cur
rams saloon on Jonathan street at the
time Of tho murder. Pickett was in the
billiard room, ane Brown in the barroom.
Presently Pickett came to the barroom
door and ordered a drink. He had scarcely
spoken whom Brown v heoled around aud
slapped him on the shoulder saying, "Pic.
kett" The latter made no reply but made
q move toward his hip pocket. Quickly
Brown pulled his pistol and fred, the bull
let entering Pickett's head near the ear,
killing him almost instantly. he ,ell to
the floor and while lying proetrate Brown
fred four more bullets into his body.
Brown is in Jail. The Coroner's jury has
rendered verdict in accordance with the
facts. --H6
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Murdered His Employer,

BosroE, MASS, Jan. edward Now.
Ian, arrested in connection with the
somerville murder, this morning made q
full confession Of the crime to Chiei
Parkhurst and Captain Perry. He said
that he was the only one concerned in the
murder. The other two prisoners have
been discharged. Nowlan killed young
Goldman at two o'clock on Tuesday morn.
ing by stabbing him in the back Of tho
neck with carving knife.
The deed was done in Codman's own
stable. Later in the day he cut the
clothes of the body, chopped off tho left
leg and right arm and started with the
corpss in his pung for tine country. At
tho spot in Lexington where tho hoad
and arms were found. he dropped the
head Of the body in tho middle OF the
road and then threw out tho arm. He
returned to Somerville by going through
Waltham by the road to Boston. He
reached somerviile at five o'clock Tues.
day morning. .-n
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DOCTOR M'GLYNN
HENRY GEORGES DErEN,E i
OF tho Expntrlatcd lrriest-Ths Gland
Thcotist" Gives his Reasons why tho
Catholic Clersymon Should not 60
lsono-lIe Attacks the Vatican.

Nrw YoRE, Jan. 6.-Henry Georgia
new paper, The Standard, will make itu
first appearance oa Saturday. twill con.
tain Hn article about nine columns in
length from the pen Of Mr.. George on tho
care Of Rev. Father McGlynu, the Cathc-
lie priest, who has been Suspended from
his pastorato and ordered to Rome to OK.
plain bis conduct in publicly supporting
Henry George, and advocating his land
theories during tho Mayorality contest in
this city Last fall. g.l
Tho article embolien letters from DR..
McGlynn, John Mackin, tho executive
head Of the Labor party, and Henry
George to Archbishop Corrisan and tho
latter's replies to them. In his reply to
McAIackin, the Archbishop, charges thst
Henry George tried to approach him 30.
litically. The article is written in u strong
vein OF. donunGiation OF Rome; charges
that Rome has always been in
league with the rich against the poor:
says that the most Catholic people under
the sun-the 1rlsh-have always held to
the theory that the land WAS for the peo.
pie and not for individual ownership;
that five yearg ago Biehop Dupgs n, OF
Clenfert, said as much to him (uenry
George) and blessed him; that no (ths
Bishop said that when boy, sittirg 6y a
turf fire in tho west OF Ireland, he heard
the same doctrines from tho lips OF men
who never spoke word OF Enplish.
Mr.. George goes on to say tho: Dr.. Nc.
Glynn Is what is known as the "Dear
Priest, the priest Of the common people;
that no objsction was made to his making
political speeches, until ho trenched upon
the hierarchy theories on land; that in
1882. DR.. McGlynn made speeches in
behalf OF the Irish Land League when on
order came from Rome TO suspend him,
but that was not carried out because tho
priest promised to say no moro on tho
subject. Then came his.present suspen.
zion for the causes narrated.
Mr.. George declares that Father Nc
Glynn ought not to 60 10 Rome, and
says: "Never before in the history OF
this country has there boon such bare.
faced attempt to use the Catholic Church
as political machine, such an audarions
exercise Of ecclesiastical power to stiilla
political opinion and control political
action -f7 .--sa ga11 -Il I. 4.
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SOME STATISTICS
BY the Pension oHico Relative to SurGion-
655.zsa- - - Opcrutious,t g s-sIst1'sg..

BY the Pension oHico Relative to Surgical
-@;; .. Operations. s-'t.tEs'..
-.,WAsHlseroS, D. G., Jan. .8,-To-dsy the
Secretary OF tho Treasury cent to the
Treasury sent to the House Of Represent
atives estimates amounting to $1,000.
made by the Commissioner Of Pensions,
to defray the expenses Of collecting statis.
tio5 re!stiva to tho ultimate influence OF
surgical operations upon the nervous Gys.
tenn, the circulatory system and nutrition.
Medical Referee Campbell states in a let
ter to the Commissioner OF Pensions, and
the document is enclosed in those cent 10
the House, that in view Of the fact that
medical literature is very deficient in ra.
spect 10 ultimate influence Of surgical
operations upon tho nervous system, the
circulatory System and nutrition, scien-
tiic Investigation Of these results is q
matter Of very great Importance not only
to the medical profession, but to mankind
at large; that tho archives Of the Pension
Office afford the widest field of obaerva.
tion hitherto presented and it is even now
becoming LEGS extended by the passing
away of our MANNED y3terans. ~ 2
Ton thousand men, lie says, have with,
stood amputatlona OF some important
member OF the body, while the number Of
re.uections-sn operation more interesting
Ia a scientific point Of view, because com.
paratively, with .amputsiiou. Of reCspt in
PRODUCTION, and as preserving the limb In
Il partially useful state instead OF causing
tho total loss, Of greater interest to the un-
fortunsts who may Chance to fall into the
hands Of the surgeon for either ono or the
other-is very large. II is believed that
from this Immense mass Of material, only
acceseible through the Pension Office,
many important theories may no dsmon-
strs.eda:hs advantage or dissdvs ntage Of
particular surgical operations, aad Patio:
logical results, influence or the duration
Of life, Influence as factors in the cause Of
death, etc, - - '''--'
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49, 49, . =
A Red Hot Editor.

1sDIANAroLls, IND, Jan. 8.-The de-
cision OF the Supreme Court respecting
tho Lieutenant Governorship matter
moved the Sentinel, the Democratic organ,
to attack the Court in very bitter edit.
orial, the first line Of which reads, ID
their ,cowardly souls." The matter has
created much excitement, and rumors oil
arrest for contempt are current, but nc
arrests have yet been made. Senator Dan
Voorhees,, as soon as he saw it, marked a
copy Of the paper and mailed it to Judge
Niblack, remarking: "For tho past fifteen
years Niblack has beon sending me every
mean thing than Indiana papers have
said about me. Now I'll get even. This
ia - - -+-a4'fzis : .l-7ass 4lt ,fs5as .-,5E
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TI r.r -. - D.
MAINLAND WIFE
A wronged wompn Gets Her Rights

A WronEed Wompn Gets Her, Rights md
VIII Share uer IIusband's Wealth. :
New foRE, Jan: 6.-Judge Donahue, Of
the Supreme Court, to-day decided that
Julia A. iPercival and Edward Perciyal,
the grandson Of w W. Gilman, the dead
millionaire leather merchant, are man
and wife. AS such she is entitled to q de.
creo Of separation from her huehand on
the ground Of sbnudonment. Suit was
brought against perciyal by the plaintiff
to have II established that she was legally
married to him, though 10 ceremony had
been performed. She said that they had
lived together as man snd wife for long
timo and as such fercival had always in
troduced her to his friends. Moreover he
promised to marry her eventually. He
presented her to bis father and mother as
Mrs. Percival, and besides gaveG her a
wedding ring with The inscription ed.
ward to Julia." Once she, engaged a priest
to perform the ceremony, when ut the
last moment Percival refused to attend.
Peroival says the story is untrue. He
met her, he Gays, in 1866, and afterward
lived with her. He says he never intend
cd to marry her, and she knew it. at
ons time she promised to Ielinquish all
her p'otesssd claims to him as q spouse il
he would give her $1,000, which he would
not do. 49,. Il. - {. - /. fts..l
They lived together in Philadelphia
once, and later in Brooklyn. At the St.
Charles hotel, in Philadelphia, he register.
ed as E. 8. Percival and lady. In passing
on the question, Jud 90 Donohue says;
II nm rather inclined TO put atress on the
plaintiff 8 etatenont that when sho wat
introduced to the mother and family o
Percival 1t was not as his mistressT but az
his wife. So she is now Mrs. Percival
and will get her separation. !" ".Sefil; Z s.-s
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DErAULTED BONDS,
Tho Government Asked to Sue Southt
Stutcs for S5O,OOO,OOO. 80

Tho Government Asked to Sue Southern
Statos for s5O,O0O,OOO. -7' + =
New YoRr, Jan. 6.-The World says:
The United States Government holds in
trust for the benefit OF the Indian tribeu
$l,7lO.OOO Of bonds iseued by Southern
States, on which default has been made.
About s5O,0OO,0OO Of the same deiaulted
securities are held by private parties in
this city. E. L. Andrews, attorney for
csrtain New York holders OF the repudiat-
ed bonds, has written to Secretary Lamar
urging that the United States sue the de-
taulting States, claiming that the United
States has the power to bring an action
against any one OF tho repudiatiug States,
while private individual can not
Secretary Lamar has referred tho mat.
ter to Attorney General Gsrland. II the
United States should bring the desired
suits and win them, the individual hold
ers OF the bonds would profit along with
tho Government, which now annually
makes good to the Indians tho interest
which the States refuse to pay. Sg&&
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A Had Clergyman,

CHATTANOOGA, TENN, Jan. 6.-R,v. O
2. searle, the minister Of Danville, ILL.,,
who deserted his family in September and
eloped with Mics Fanny Matthews, ol
East Lynn, ILL.,, was arrested in this city
yesterday on the charge OF bigamy. He
was captured with the girl In London,
Canada, on the charge Of seduction, but
was allowed his freedom upon condition
that he would come South, when the girl
was taken home to her parents. She
confessed to having bean married to the
minister, and this led to his arrest on the
charge OF bigamy.
Searle tells the story OF bis downfall.
Thirty years ago he married woman
many years his senior. He soon found
that he had made mistake and did not
love the woman. He lived with her, how.
ever, until September, when he met Miss
Matthews. Their acquaintance ripened
into love, and resulted in elopsment,
searle was taken to Chicago to-day.
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A MennEorio Horror.

PARIS, Jan. Gan exciting incident
occurred at the Paris Geological Gar
dens to-day, resulting in the death
Of one Of tho keepers. The hip
popotomus was observed to be
raging, In an unusual manner and keeper
entered tine cags to ondeavor to discover
the cause Of the brute's evident uneasi-
ness. He had been in thu cage but a
moment or two when the animal appeared
suddenly to 90 mad. (
The keeper tried 10 escape, but before
he could reach the door OF the cage the
animal attacked him furiously. Other as.
aistants pushed to the rescue and
endeayored TO beat back the infuriated
brute. Their efforts were finally succesa-
fu, but when they drew their comrade
from the cage life was extinct,
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Tns disaster on the Baltimore II Ohio
briugs up once more the question whether
II Ia impossible to heat railroad cars 80
that in the event Of smash.up the pass-
euge,s may not Do burnt to death before
they can be rescued. The problem is not
easily solyed, unless steam be the solution.
The stove or furnace, whether it be in the
car or under the car, ia broken by the
telescopins Of cars and tho hot Goals
scattered about. The dry wood and up
hosiery OF passenger coach are soon
aalme, and in an astonishing shortly time
nothing remains Of the coach but its
metal parts. Tho railroad companies
might benefi! themselves and the public
by Offering a premium for the best safety
heating apparatus. The perils OF the rail
are great enough with the danger Of
beihg burned to death left out.
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DRoUTIr-srnIcKEN,
A Largo Number OF Families In Texas Suffer.
.H lbg From Want Of Food. y lF


FoRr Worm, TEX, Jan. 0-The Ga:ell.
makes the following estimate OF the mum.
Der Of destitute families in the drouth.
stricken region Of Texas: Callahan Coun.
ty, so; Parker, 100; Taylor, 200; Palo
Pinto, 25O; Coleman, 1866; Jack, 300;
Stevens, $50; Ruunolls, 200; Jones. 295;
shackeliord, 100; Haskell, so; Young,
l60; Brown, 400; Eastland, 500; Conan.
che, 500; Nolan, 90; Fisher, 100; Erath,
l50; Morton, 10, and Hardemau, 1850
From several counties no fgures have yet
been obtained, and In the estimate given
above tho figures are In every county
smaller than the number reported by the
County Judges Convention, SO there is no
room for shrinking.
lnspeaking Of tho situation the Ga,eiie
makes an appeal for aid for the sufferers,
and says: There Is privation and want In
certain counties that demand immediate
relief, and the truth concerning 1t should
be told In the interest OF suffering hu.
msnity. Tho truth will not only result In
giving bread to those who need It, but It
will extract the mischief from any exag.
geration. But for tho wholesale falsehood
that people in Texas wsr0 suffering by
the hundreds OF thousands, those who
actuated by selfish interests would have
not been able TO create the impression
thatno suffering at all existed. Strong men,
who would 20 away to other localities In
search oil work, dread 10 leave wives and
children in their homes without bread.
Men who have homes paid for grow des.
perate and consider whether they shall
carry their helpless families to the county
seat, and leave them as paupers to be
cared for while they seek work and money
and bread wherever among other com.
munities they may be found. all thess
conntios arc not suffering in the same dc.
gree and to the same extent, but thero is
general need and some privation, so in.
tense that without aid, without some re-
cognition OF common humanity, there
may 60 out 10 the world story Of more
bitter shame and greater hurt to the State
than any which has been exaggerated in
the past." -1f.ll-sH H.g4- .r. lIlrle
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Ccal Miners Convention.

PlTTsDuRGu, Pa, Jan. 6.-The officials
Of the Coal Miners National Federation
have ISSUED circular addressed to the
miners throughout the country requeating
the attendance OF the national convention
Of miners and operators at Columbus, o.,
February s, Of all who are favorable to the
arbitration plan Of settling wages differ.
ences. At this convention scale OF wages
for tho ensuing year from May l, will be
adopted. The miners who attended a
similar convention at Columbus last year
seem generally satisfied with the scale
then adopted and willing to again meet
the operators. So n 49, 3. -
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BE o. GETS IT'S TEL EruoNs,

Tho Arrangement with tho Western Union
Declared 1llegal-The Decision.
ANNAPOLIS, Jan. G.-Chief Judge Alvey
delivered the following opinion to-day:
"The CheHapeake and Potomac Telephone
Company Of Baltimore city Va. the B. 60.
Telegraph Company Of Baltimore city:
This was m application Of the appellee, n
telegraph company, to the court below for
. mandamus, which was accordingly
ordered, against the appellant, another
telegraph company, but doing d general
telephone business. The appellee is a COM
petins company in the genera, telegram
business with the Western Union Te!s-
graph Company; and, being such, it mado
application to the appellant to havo teo-
phone instrument placed in its RECEIVING
room in Baltimore, aud that the sans
might be connected with the Central Ex-
change, that the Baltimore & Ohio might
be placed on the same footing with tho
Western Union. This request was reius.
ed unleas the Baltimore & Ohio signed
contract with conditions and restrictions
that do notapply in the case OF the West
ern Union Telegraph company. BY the
contract under which the Weatern Union
acquired its right to use the Ameri.
can Bell Telephone system tho
telephone company agreed to let no use
Of the telephone bo made to compete
against the Western Union telegraph
business. These contracts are relied on
by the appellant AS alording full juslif-
cation for e1acting from the appellee
condition in the contract OF the subscrip.
ton TO the exchange that tho latter
should observe tho restrictions in favor OF
the Western Union Telegraph Company.
The appellant contends that the restrict
ions are binding on it, and it is not OF
liberty to furnish the instruments unless
subject to the, restrictions. II , this
be so, the court below wag in er-
ror in using tho mandamus,
The telegraph and telephone are
important instruments OF commerce, aud
their service as such has become indis-
penaable to the commercial and business
public. They are public vehicles OF intel
ligence, and they who own or control
them can no more refuse to perform i'm
partially the functions that they have as
sumed 10 discharge than a railway com.
pany, as common carrier; can rilhiiully
refuse to perform its duty to the public,
They have nopower to discriminate. The
law declares its duty to be to receive d.
spatches from and ior any Telegraph lines,'
and to transmit the same They cannot be
e1onerated from the performance OF that
duty by any conditions or restrictions i'm
posed by contract with tho owners OF the
invention applied in the exercne OF tho
employment. The duty perscribsd by
law is paramount TO that prescribed by
contract. The patentee could not uss his
property only in lawful way, as allowed
to other property. The American Bell,
Telephone Company have no right to re-
quire such conditions to the Chesapeake
d Potomac Telephone Company that pre-
vented it from placing the Baltimore &
Ohio on the same footing aa the Western
Union Telegraph Company. It was to
prevent such discrimination tha. the law
was enacted. (Acts Of 1868, chapter III;
actsol 1884, chapter 800 } tderailirmed.i
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THEY ARE Att AGAIN.
TIE STREET CAR srnlKEns
In San Francisco Plnce Dynamite. Under tho
Tracks. and Explode tho Material,
Causing n Panic Among the Kesi-
donts-A Dastnrdiy Deed.

SAN Francisco, CAL, Jan. Cat late
hour last night tho residents In tho vicinl
ty Of Ninth and Harrison streets were
atartled by terrible explosion. The lirs.
Impression created was that an earth.
quake had shaken down the buildings.
Investigation, however, disclosed that q
dynamite cartridge had been placed in the
cable station at tho Lsrkin street branch
OF the Sutter Street railroad, and had ex.
ploded. Tho basalt rocks on either uide Of
tho Hlot were found to be loosened and the
masonry was badly shattered. The pull.
leys upon which the cable runs wore also
broken, and the foundation OF the tunnel
were shaken. In saloon two blocks
away lighted lamp was thrown to the
floor and nearly caused conhagration.
The iron plates OF the manholea OF the
track were found two hundred feet away,
TO which distance they were blown. s..s,s
A lady living in the reighborhood said
that few minutes before the explosion
she saw two men 90 to tho trap. One OF
them lifted the trap up while the other
took a package fSom his pocket and ap.
piled n match to 1t, and lowered It into
the tunnel. Tls men then eecroted them.
selyep. An explosion followed end the
witness eaw the cables and machinery OF
the trap flying in all ways.
Many Of the. awakened women and
children were go excited with fright that
they went to the houses Of friends to pass
the night, fearful that II they remained
in their own houses another explosion
might occur and shatter them. r.
Closer examination shoTs the damage
to BE- less than at FIRST supposed. The
cable was not broken, and cars are now
running rs usual. Tho police have been
put on the work discovering tho porpctra-
tors, and claim to have clue which will
lead to their apprehension. {sItg2l
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Change of Chnirnansl,ips.. !.

T WASHINGTON, D. O., Jan. Cit lis said
to be probable that Senator Sewell will bs
made Chairman Of the Senate Committee
on Military Affairs, the position made va.
cant by the death OF General Logan; that
Senator Hawley. now Chairman OF the
Committee on Civil Service and. Retrench,
ment, will succeed General Sewell as
Chairman Of the Civil Service Committee.
add that Senator Stanford will become
General Hawley's successor as Chairman
Of tho Committee on Civil Service and
Retrenchment. II theee changes are made
the clerks OF these committees will prob.
ably retain their present positions during
the session.. n,
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Marriage and Divorce Statistics,

WARRINGTON. D. G., Jan. Gin the
Senate to-day Mr.. Edmunds presented a
memorial from the committee Of the gen.
eral national convention OF the Protestant
Episcopal Church praying Congress to
provide for obtaining statistics OF m marri-
ages, and Mr.. Blair created memorial
from many organizations throughout. the
country, praying for legislation to prevent
the violation Of the Sabbath by running
OF railway trains.